Compact/Stubby Wave Boards..

cgoudie1 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:14 pm Post subject:

Hey Gary,

Couldn't tell what float it was, but it looked about 90 ltrs to me. The guy
was like 6'4 and muscly probably 210 or 215. He's been riding it in light
wind and heavy. For him, it seems to be a one size fits all board. Maybe
I'll introduce myself and ask him about it next season if I see him again.

-Craig

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

Most of us in this thread are interested in facts and opinions about ... TA DA ... stubby boards. You can shove your irrelevant, time-wasting personal BS where the sun don't shine. And, PLEASE ... proofread your posts if you want them to make sense. At least one sentence in almost every post of yours cannot be diagrammed; many can't even be guessed at. "To look at a link, and phrase unbiased" ... really?

Back on topic ... the selected stubbies I evaluated and/or tested sailed too much like saucers to me. I love loose, but I still call spinout "spinout", not looseness or sliding, and PREFER -- i.e., am biased towards -- accurate tracking to vague sliding even when I'm carving up swell and chop. Extensive sliding is certainly a valid skill and objective, but I feel that purpose should be clarified in literature and discussions of boards designed to excel in it, just as should be the purpose of wave, slalom, early-planing, freestyle, flatwater, or any other specialty boards.

I had to reach, but I think Craig was illustrating that one man's favorite board was very unlike the next man's, because they value different performance factors ... i.e., have different criteria. IOW, they're biased.

Who doesn't/isn't?

U2U2U2 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:36 pm Post subject:

cgoudie1 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:09 pm Post subject:

Yes, that, plus different bodies operate with different kinesthetics and that
may have something to do with what works well for some and not so well for others.

Another example is one of our brethren from Florida. He seems to favor
single fin boards with a little more water line and a little more volume
for wave sailing there. It may not be fashionable, but I'm not going to
tell him he doesn't like those boards or why he shouldn't like those boards.
In fact I'd use that info if ever I'm sailing there, even though I like low
volume boards with 3 fins for sailing where I sail.

Sometimes people get a little overzealous in trying to convince others that
their likes should be everybody's likes ( I'm guilty of it myself), I just
thought I'd add a little (very little) comedy.

-Craig

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

philodog · Joined: 28 Apr 2000 Posts: 209

Here we go again. It is now officially an all about isobars post. I'm surprised it took 7 pages, usually takes 4.

FYI regarding stubbies, I have Fanatic Skate 86 and is the ONLY board I use anymore. Gorge, La Ventana, coast. Not the greatest DTL board but it's good points far outweigh it's faults.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

PeconicPuffin · Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

Wow! Even though it's been explained a dozen times in as many ways, PP and Pilodog (aka #1 and #2) remain willing to openly reveal their inability to comprehend the difference between giving orders and offering suggestions. Kudos to both for continuing to try rather than letting their handicap embarrass them. That's how we learn, and this a great illustration of a basic principle: